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Innovation
From Food Waste to Cleaning Spray
Apr 24th, 2020 | By Alex Lahr
Veles is a new household cleaner made entirely from food waste—and is living a sustainable mission from start to finish.
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Innovation
Four Food Waste Innovators from CES 2020
Jan 14th, 2020 | By Alex Lahr
From at-home solutions to commercial integrations, here are a few innovative technologies from CES 2020 that may help fight food waste.
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Innovation
Community Changemakers: Pitt Hydroponics
Jan 2nd, 2020 | By Amy Leibrock
Meet the students of Pitt Hydroponics, a college club with a mission to feed neighbors and give the community tools to grow their own food.
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Innovation
Sailing into a Clean Shipping Future
Dec 10th, 2019 | By Amy Leibrock
A shipbuilding project in Costa Rica is striving to show the world that fossil-fuel-free maritime shipping is possible — and can even be profitable.
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Innovation
Is an EV Battery With a 1,500-Mile Range Possible?
Oct 28th, 2019 | By Amy Leibrock
Imagine driving a zero-emissions car that didn’t need anything from you for 1,500 miles — no gas fill-ups or even plugging in. Thanks to a persistent inventor, that may be a reality in the UK as soon as next year.
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Innovation
This Cheap Sensor Could Solve a Big Food Waste Problem
Jul 31st, 2019 | By Marlene Cimons
Scientists have developed a low-cost microchip that can tell if food is safe to eat.
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Innovation
Electric Ice Cream Trucks: Two Scoops, Hold the Emissions
Jun 28th, 2019 | By Amy Leibrock
The sound of an ice cream truck sends kids and adults digging for change on a hot day. The trouble is that most trucks need to use a lot of fuel and spew dangerous emissions while parked to power freezers and equipment. Is there a way to get a greener frozen fix?
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Eco-Living, Innovation
New Ways to Close the Loop on Single-Use Packaging
Mar 18th, 2019 | By Stacy Tornio
Consumer pressure on companies to reduce single-use plastics has been building. Here’s a look at new ideas and established solutions that go above and beyond traditional recycling.
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Innovation
Turning Food Waste into Bioplastic
Jan 10th, 2019 | By Michaela Haas
Californian twin brother surfers set out to solve twin problems: Unimaginable food and plastic waste. The result is an affordable bioplastic that can safely degrade in in the environment.
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Innovation
Leilani Münter: The Best Green-Sports Story of 2018
Dec 19th, 2018 | By Lew Blaustein
Eco-athletes became more of a thing in 2018 — and that’s a very good thing, according to Lew Blaustein, who writes about the intersection of sports and the environment for GreenSportsBlog. This year, he named racecar driver Leilani Münter as the best green sports story of the year. Here he explains how Münter’s steadfast dedication to environmental issues is paying off.
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